IMO, the sport of kiteboarding is all about riding in the present.

That means adjusting your style of riding to suit the conditions. If the wind is strong, the mega loop and going big looks the snizzle, it certainly has no cred when the wind is light, except we still see guys trying! When the wind is a sweet 15-20 side shore and there are nice rolling kickers out comes the more tech style of riding more attributed to wakebaording roots and also we can smack waves and make it look sick.

Where the sport falls down in cred is when people don't ride for the conditions and attempt the same stuff no matter what the wind. Not to many riders can throw down heavy tech tricks in 30kts nor can you go big in 10-15kts.

The sport has so many options and so much potential, let it travel its own course and the good guys will always look good no matter what style it is called as long as they have style!!

Where riders like Aaron and Ruben are right now in the sport makes for an exciting time. These guys have come through the riggors of comp riding and are now paving their own way by adjusting to the conditions. Going huge with loops when it is seriously windy, riding powered wakestyle when suited and hitting waves when the conditions are on.

Lets not pigeon hole the sport, ride with passion np matter what you ride, come off the water happy in yourself and the rest will fall into place.

And of course learn, learn, learn, do not stagnate, try new stuff, be proactive towards your own progression not that of the whole sport!!

Cheers, Chris

Mr float said...

what was the thing on catalyst?

Catalyst the Cabrhina DVD.

I think you may be thinking of the show on ABC

dave...... said...

Kites becoming a lot more orientated to different diciplines, kitesurfboards with progressive flex,wave kites that may "give/depower" a little whilst unhooking. C kites making a comeback once many beginners get bored with what they are riding for freestyle wakestyle, flysurfers/foils becoming the mainstream choice for lightwind kiting and a endo KL to name a few.......

BTW....... what the hell is a physco (fisko)

Sorry Dave I thought a fully grown man like yourself may be able to problem solve a small spelling error, what I meant to type was "psycho". I hope this clears things up for you.

Ben De Jonge said...



Wake style Hadlow twists get boring pretty fast, even if you can appreciate the technicalities,

man, I'm glad you said that.
I thought it was just me who got bored after 10 seconds watching that type of riding !

The future is OLD SCHOOL!!!!!
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37578

[}:)]

this is the future.

www.wakekite.com/

how cool is that? i just wish they would ride in straps in the demo

I fear the future is localism at any decent spot. I sincerely hope we dont go the way of some other sports.

We don't want to have to lock this thread too, it has some merit. Keep it on track guys.

the future is super edits on all topics. no verbs nouns or adjetives may be used only grunts. any other words or use of them may be seen as too controversial and you will be edited immediatley.

Commenting on something you know nothing about....
back in your box rellie....

GreenPat said...

This sport has so much flexibility, so many options, it's hard to pick where its future mainstream might be. Something I like to see is wakestyle manouvres in waves. Saves all the trouble and board damage of kickers and sliders, plus they move. A backroll transition at the top of a wave and riding back down the face does it for me, or smashing a little one to pieces and using the pop for a low and powered front roll is also fun. But that's just me.

Spot on.

So, bear with me now, what tricks would represent a radical departure from the sports roots? What combinations of big air / wake / surf styles moves would give the sport an identity or direction that would be unique and spectacular for the viewing public?

Obviously every event would have to be tailored to the conditions but, in a perfect world, what would be the optimum % of, say, big air tricks to wakestyle?

Remember the idea here is to make the sport as diverse and visually entertaining as possible. Irrespective if you think it 'should' be popular or not.

Cheers

J

Could this be the future?



or am i just really board?

or maby even both

kiterdan said...

SPREAD THE ANTI-HYPE...and you may just limit the number of do-it-yourself kooks on our beaches reducing incidents that will eventually lead to bans whilst enjoying a bit of space for yourself.

For sure. When anybody asks me about kitesurfing I show them the Eric vid...

Kitings pretty un-original when you look at it like this

If you wanna wake style just go wakeboarding


If you wanna surf style just go surfing


If you wanna boost big just go paragliding


If you wanna go fast just go windsurfing


If you wanna snowkite just go snowboarding



The thing about kiting is that we have the ability to combine these sports into one, plus we can go out in conditions that these other sports wouldn't suit.

so kiting basically is as unoriginal as it gets but you wonder why we have the most fun?
We stole the best from other sports and do it all!

dustin said...



If you wanna snowkite just go snowboarding

Unless you want to ride untracked powder and go uphill without needing to sell your first born as a downpayment on a Helicopter.